Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)

Let me finish and then the Deputy can come back on the point. The simple point I am making is that I accept we need to try to maintain jobs to the greatest extent possible. We need to provide support for enterprise and in that context, measures such as these need to be considered. However they also need to be part of a wider more integrated package that will also deal with the budgetary problem. Therefore while putting forward four initiatives such as those which have their attractions and their own merit——

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